Is it a condition for wiping that the leather sock or sock not have a tear?
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The Shaykh : There are other conditions that some scholars have attached to it. If evidence points to them, they are accepted; if evidence does not point to them, they are rejected. Be aware that adding conditions necessitates restricting people. Adding conditions necessitates restricting people.
For example, if someone said: "One of the conditions for wiping over the leather sock is that it not have a split or a tear," then he has restricted people and prevented wiping over every leather sock or sock that has a tear or a split. This is restriction. So it is said: Where is the evidence for this condition? Where is the evidence? The hadiths reported regarding wiping over the leather socks are general; they do not state that it is a condition that they not have a tear. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) were mostly poor, and it is the norm that the poor do not have leather socks or socks free of splits. So what is the evidence? There is no evidence. And if there is no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah or the meanings that the Shari'ah supports, then the conditions are rejected. For this reason, we do not know of evidence for the conditions except for the three conditions we mentioned to you and mentioned their evidence.
We limit ourselves to this extent of what we wish to speak about regarding this topic.
For example, if someone said: "One of the conditions for wiping over the leather sock is that it not have a split or a tear," then he has restricted people and prevented wiping over every leather sock or sock that has a tear or a split. This is restriction. So it is said: Where is the evidence for this condition? Where is the evidence? The hadiths reported regarding wiping over the leather socks are general; they do not state that it is a condition that they not have a tear. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) were mostly poor, and it is the norm that the poor do not have leather socks or socks free of splits. So what is the evidence? There is no evidence. And if there is no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah or the meanings that the Shari'ah supports, then the conditions are rejected. For this reason, we do not know of evidence for the conditions except for the three conditions we mentioned to you and mentioned their evidence.
We limit ourselves to this extent of what we wish to speak about regarding this topic.
